Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Rosa Colon, who ran X-Press Taxes in Somerville, was also ordered to pay $400,000 in restitution to the IRS.
A former Somerville tax preparer was sentenced Tuesday to 61 months in prison—just over five years—for committing identity theft and tax fraud, according an announcement from the District of Massachusetts United States Attorney's office. Rosa Ivette Colon, 44, of Milford, ran X-Press Taxes in Somerville, and between 2004 and 2010 she prepared false claims for herself and clients, sometimes unlawfully using their identities without their knowledge. She defrauded the government somewhere between $400,000 and $1 million in unpaid taxes, according to an August press release from the U.S. Attorney's office. Colon pleaded guilty in August to 32 counts of aggravated identity theft, filing false claims with the IRS and forging endorsements on U.S…
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Rosa Colon defrauded the government of between $400K and $1 million in taxes.
Rosa Ivette Colon, 44, who ran a business called X-Press Taxes in Somerville, pleaded guilty Tuesday to identity theft and tax fraud, according to an announcement from the District of Massachusetts United States Attorney's office. Colon, who's from Milford, prepared hundreds of false tax returns for her clients, the announcement says. From 2004 to 2010, she would often prepare two versions of tax claims. One she would provide to her clients, the second, claiming a larger tax refund, she would file with the IRS, and she would pocket the difference, according to the announcement. She also filed fraudulent claims for herself, using bogus W-2 forms claiming nonexistent wages and and withholdings, the announcement says. The announcement says in…
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Salem, N.H., police say no foul play was involved in the death of a Somerville woman who was found dead in her car on Sunday.
As suspected by Salem, N.H., Police, no foul play was involved in the death of a 69-year-old Somerville woman who was found dead in her car on Sunday in the Salem, N.H., Flea Market parking lot. “There was an underlying medical condition that I obviously can’t discuss. No signs pointed to foul play,” said Salem Deputy Police Chief Shawn Patten. According to a statement issued by the Salem Police, "Methuen and Salem Police discovered the female after a friend reported her missing after not returning home to Somerville, MA, earlier in the evening. Salem Detectives and the NH Medical Examiner responded to the scene.” The family of the deceased woman has been notified and her body has been transferred to a funeral home, but her identity has …
